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Kcal 448 Fat 19.5g Fat(sats) 11.6g Carbs 63.3g (per 100.0g)No sooner had I published my review of GU's Naughties Millionaires Flapjacks last month I received a review request from ChocolateMission reader Rachel to take a look at the Rocky Road variant. This week it was my turn to bring cakes into the office so I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and a bought a tub of these in my local Sainsbury's supermarket. Constituting of all the traditional Rocky Road ingredients of 'milk chocolate, cherries, marshmallow, raisins, biscuit and caramel' it sounded like GU has at least not skimped on the recipe anywhere.
Unfortunately I couldn't find these on offer anywhere so I ended up parting with £2.99 for a pack of 16 pieces. Personally I don't like the idea of the 'tub' packaging format but I thought that the simplicity of the on-pack design work made these look suitable premium next to the other less expensive options they sat next to on the shelf. Once I looked inside the tub I was a little less impressed as the pieces didn't look any different to the Millionaire Flapjacks aside from the obvious ingredients differences (same shape etc!). A thing I did find more promising though were the aromas that emanated which were a mixture of fruity, biscuity, chocolaty scents.
Just as I found with the Millionaire Flapjacks these were pleasant when eaten at room temperature, but about a hundred times nicer when left to chill in the fridge for an hour or two before consumption. When left to chill the middle filling became denser and chewier in the mouth which meant that all the different flavours lasted longer in the mouth. My preferred method for eating these was to first bite of the side chocolate bits, then eat the middle bit before finishing off with the upper layer of chocolate. The chocolate itself wasn't of the highest standard but it did a sound job of establishing a fair strengthened milk controlled cocoa taste. As you can imagine the flavours generated by the centre were variable though more often than not the fruitiness of the raisins, the wheaty biscuit bits and sweet toffee flavours of the caramel were the dominant aspects. Personally I found that two of these Rocky Roads bits were a pretty satisfying portion - especially when they were taken from the fridge.
Overall GU surprised me here with yet another decent showing for their Naughties range. Why was I surprised!? Well truth be told I am normally not that bigger fan of Rocky Road products as I often find that with the plethora of ingredients the taste normally loses itself under the influence of so many different elements. Thankfully I don't have such complaints here - the taste was well managed and I really enjoyed the different flavour experience that I got with each individual bite. Like I stated above the quality of the chocolate wasn't exactly great and on some bites the portioning was a little skimped on, but to be honest these Rocky Road bites were always going to be determined by the quality of the inner filling which I am glad to say was pretty good. I am not sure I can 100% recommend these at their full price but if you fancy them I would suggest you give them a try.
8.0 out of 10
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I often look for these when I am in the shops but I can never find them. I didn't know they were hiding in the cakes section.
I think these are no where near as good as the caramel ones you have reviewed before.
Personally I think the tub of small cake things you get in marks and spencers are better than these. They are less expensive aswelll.
These isn't anything against your photography skills jim but the filling doesn't look very appetising.
Give me the Millionaire caramels anyday.
Rxxx
Sorry but I would never pay £3 for these. In comparison to other cakes that is horrendous.
Yeah £3 is a bit steep. These look nice but probably not as much as the Millionaires Naughties. They were fantastic.
Although these would be interesting to try I'd rather have the millionaire flapjacks I think lol They are expensive though. I still think they'd all look better if fully covered in choc, they look a bit odd to me the way they've done them.
I'm not a fan of putting flapjacky/cakey type things in the fridge (unless it has cream in of course). I used to get millionaires shortbread and things like that at uni and they put them in the same chilled machine as the sandwhiches. They could be there for a couple of days and I found them impossible to eat like that and had to thaw them out for abit lol
I tend not to like Rocky Road things as it normally involves too many different ingredients been jam packed in to one. I would give these a try if they were cheaper maybe.
Dx
Jim they also do some chocolate sponge cakes that you should review. They are the only ones I have had and I thought they were brilliant.
My sister bought the chocolate mini roll ones to try, she loved them but I wasn't overly impressed. They just tasted like any other chocolate mini roll bites to me and the choc creme inside was almost non existent as far as I could tell lol
I know someone has asked you to do them already but I would also like to see you review the Tiffin bites that GU make. Any idea when you will post it?
I am newbie to this site and didn't realise you reviewed cakes aswell, I thought it was just chocolate bars? Well this is fantastic news.
Jim, do you know if there is a difference in what constitutes traditional "rocky road" in the UK vs. the US?
I've not scene cranberries or raisins in most rocky road products around the states, but I'm thinking I would enjoy the addition of raisins a good bit.
These are so yummy looking I would pay anything upwards of £4. At least with GU you know you are always garunteed good quality. Nothing they have made has ever disappointed me.
GU's Millionaire flapjacks > GU's Rocky Road.
I haven't ever had the chocolate sponge ones but they don't look anything special.
David
Now you know where you can buy them you can give them a go yeh :D
Golden
I should give some of those tubs from M&S a review sometime. I love M&S food so any excuse like a reader request is good enough for me.
Rachel
No offense taken whatsoever don't worry. I don't think they look that good in that photo either.
Anon
They are a bit expensive huh!? When you compare them to the likes of the Cadbury mini rolls they are on a whole new level.
Alan
They are a bit odd the way they are covered. I can understand why they did it with the millionaire flapjacks as it allowed you to see the layers but on these it matter less as all the ingredients were just mixed together.
I can understand them being a bit too hard for some people to eat out the fridge. I was eating them with a hot coffee so they warmed up pretty quickly.
Diasy
Haha that is sort of the whole idea of Rocky Road.
Paul
If I seem them on an offer one day I will review them. Given the others reactions though I wont be buying them on full price.
Alan
In that case I won't be paying £2.99 for them!
Emma
I haven't managed to buy them yet but don't worry they are very much on my radar.
Kim
I do indeed ... only ones with chcolate involved somewhere though :D If you have any suggestions give me a shout on the requests page.
Rod
I have no idea chap. Rocky Road in the UK always seems to include raisins though.
I think the red fruit can swing from strawberries, Cherries, cranberries etc ...
one thing that does seem to be consistent though is the inclusion of marshmallow!
Estelle
You have deep pockets Huh!? I haven't tried that many GU products really but from I have done they are pretty good.
Chris
As I said to Alan in that case I will waite before paying full price then.
Cheers everyone - I hope you are looking forward to the reviews this week.
JIM
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